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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Beament

Climate crisis is making UK winters even wetter, scientists warn

Yui Mok/PA Wire

Human-induced climate change has made downpours and rainfall across the UK and Ireland more intense with the region facing wetter winters in future, scientists warned.

The World Weather Attribution study found rainfall during storms across the UK and Ireland between October 2023 and March 2024 was made 20 per cent heavier by global warming.

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